Full implementation of these measures would reduce future global warming by 0.5 degrees C (within a likely range of 0.2-0.7 degrees C). If the measures are implemented by 2030, this could halve the potential increase in global temperature which is projected for 2050. The rate of regional temperature increase would also be reduced.

Which might give us time to implement longer term, more costly, CO2 emission reductions.

And finally, as far as plan to bring UK clocks forward goes, this is non story. As we already knew, Parliament have agreed to have a study conducted to see whether such a move would benefit everyone. Apart from sellers of sleeping pills, I can't see how it benefits anyone. But there you go. I would like to hope the study will find rather a few flaws in the idea and lead to the whole daft nonsense being dropped once and for all. Unfortunately, I'm not certain this will happen as I'm not certain there are more than 3 people in Britain with half the intelligence of a small copper coin buried under 2 foot of dirt. Sadly, logic is unlikely to prevail. Though money probably will. So really it's a matter of who has most to gain/lose financially from such a move. Personally, I say if you want longer summer evenings then move to Ireland.

The idea of this blog is to produce a regular round up of global weather and related news stories which then acts as an archive. Some links may be lost in time but by searching the original headline on Google it should be possible to find related stories. Additionally, it gives me somewhere to add my own thoughts on some stories, as the mood takes me.